Xemi;
We also think it was a good thing you was on Crucio, Illrose was glad to see him. :'D
And I really can relate to that. I get new ideas and designs for characters almost all the time, and sometimes I just have to try out that new idea, even though I know for sure I will return to Illrose in the end because I can't handle many characters. xD

Faustt;
:'D ♥

Quin;
Lol. x) Awh, that's good. n__n

Edit;
Xemi, you twenty-eight page thief. D:

Well, I don't see any problem in having many characters. You at least have the ability to be active with them unlike me that's not able to focus on more than one character. xD
Right now I have two, though. I feel like I have to keep Cal since she is Illrose's daughter.

Ah, yeah, I understand that can be a tough decision. >.>

Illrose rested her head against his body. It was nice, the feeling of soft fur against her naked cheek now that she did not wear her skull mask. Her ears moved slowly as the stag spoke, and a slight smile crept across Illrose's lips.
"I really enjoy them as well." She truthfully spoke. She had gotten used to having Judas around, and she did appreciate it.
"Who says you shouldn't, anyway?"

Illrose's eyes followed the dragonflies that flew quickly just above the water surface. They were so nimble in their movements her eyes barely managed to follow. At the same time she listened as Judas spoke, her ears pointed in his direction to catch the words.
"You should be glad you've met me here and now. If we met elsewhere I probably would have eaten you." She suddenly pulled herself a bit away from him. What was she doing? Illrose had promised herself not to let anyone too close again - she didn't want the episode with Gustiro to happen all over again, just with an other stag.

Don't ask what Quad's doing. I don't even know what he's doing XD

Quad: "What? I'm entertaining my friends! Geez!"

All the stag could do for the moment was stare forward, waiting for some sort of sign it was his time to speak. How could he been so foolish - letting someone like her in. When he first met her in the forest he was completely content running of. There weren't plenty of other does in the forest. But no - he had to fall for her. Her retreat from him was his answer. It could never be.

He knew she still loved him. That Gustiro. And as much as he wished it weren't true, he could never deny Illrose of what she truly wanted. "Well, look at you." He finally spoke with a half-assed chuckle. "You could eat anything if you really wanted to."

[[Quad: It amused Judas, believe it or not. XD;; He's just kinda distracted.]]

Quin;
The air between them suddenly felt constrained, and Illrose shifted, trying to find a better position to sit in. Her eyes wandered, but in the end they landed on Judas again. When he spoke, she had to laugh, and the air suddenly felt easier - or at least she could pretend it did.
"What is that supposed to mean, do I have a large mouth?" She asked, jokingly.
"Or do you think I'm fat?" She put on a huffy face as she glared toward Judas, but the spark in her eyes told she was still joking.

Quad;
Lol. xD

Illrose's ears perked as the familiar voice greeted her, and she raised her head, noticing the bull moose approaching.
"Hello Moose." She answered, before she nodded.
"That is correct, I do leave the forest now and then. And yes, there is really a way out. Actually, there is many ways - the trouble can be to find the right one." Illrose smiled at the bull, while she tilted her head curiously. Did Moose wish to leave the forest?

Moose couldn't really believe it, there was actually a way out of this forest! That seemed impossibly to him since he never could find one during the death of Cinch and the betrayal of his herd. All that doesn't matter right now, he thought to himself, I have to know the way out now.

"Multiple ways?" He heard his voice come out. "Do you thinnk it would be possible to show me one of those ways?" He asked, raising his head a bit in interest and question.

Moose smiled greatfully and followed after her. The Birch Forest? No wonder he had never found it, rarely did he ever visit that side of the forest.

Moose looked up at Illrose as she began to speak again. "Yes, hopefully not forever, just till I visit my homeland and figure things out." he said in the calmest voice possible. Thinking of the past events upsetted him, but he attempted his best not to show it.

Moose, feeling greatful for the silence that used to haunt him, also quickened his pace to keep up with the dragon doe. It would hopefully not be long till they found the exit and he could return to his home and find out whether or not he was still accepted as one of the herd.

"Why did you turn into a midget?"

(couldn't help myself lawl)

Moose halted beside Illrose and looked at the treeline. He took a few hesitant steps toward the trees, the small gaps clearly visible to him now. He turned his head slightly to Illrose before taking a few more steps closer.

Small breezes floated out of the gaps, and he passed by the first few gaps inhaling the mixed scents. They were all so different to him, he had never smelt these places before, they all seemed odd to him. He contined to pass the gaps until he halted by one and his fur rose on his back. He knew this scent. he quickly raised his head and turned his head towards Illrose, she was some distance away now. He trotted back to her and nodded. "I found it," he said turnng his head towards where he had once stood, "thank you so much." he said turning his head back to Illrose, his eyes gleaming.

Pepper;
She remained where she was while the bull walked closer, seemingly studying the gaps between the trees. A smile crept across her face when he told her he found the right one, and Illrose gave a nod.
"You are welcome. And good luck." She said, before she took a few steps back, ready to go back. She wasn't ready to leave the Forest herself, yet. The opening back to her own world was quite easy to recognize - it was one of the largest gaps, large enough for her to go through without having to break her antlers off as she had done the first time she passed through. The remains of her old antlers did still lay in the grass, right before the gap.

jala;
"Shut up, I'm not adorable!" She hissed, trying to stomp the ground with her tiny hooves in a temper tantrum. But when she was pulled into the fur of the other doe, she simply resigned with a sigh. If it had been anyone else than Joro doing this, she probably would have exploded.

Oh, that explains the lack of response, I thought you perhaps was multitasking and didn't see her actions. :')

But we didn't want you guys to go away, Illrose sniffed him a couple of times and got pretty sure it was Quad, and then invited him over to sit with her and the others. :'D
It was interesting to meet wolf Quad in-game. n_n

Don't know how to help fix your problem though, but hope you figure something out.

Oh, I was curious about who that could bee. :')
It was nice to meet her. ♥

Thank you so much! :'D

And that is a beautiful picture, have you taken it? (:

Thanks for your company yesterday <3 even if we were both rather inactive :'D

Hello there!
Federweber was lying next to Illrose on that wall at the ruins today Thanks for your company!
When Illrose stood up Feder ran to her and bowed: She wanted to say goodbye^^ Just had to explain that because you seemed quite confused

And btw, I love your manip of Illrose 8 -o

"Hi Illrose!" Alligator sat down contently.

Alligator's ears twitched softly, and chilly breeze blowing through her skull-face and sending shivers down her spine. The small deer needed a little comfort right now and said, "I would like to sit next to you, Illrose. I'm cold, but I still kind of figured that you wanted some company. So may I?" A gentle smile appeared very slowly, an almost unoticable smile that made her seem fragile.

The red bull did not get too close but watched the dragon doe with hard, pained eyes from a reasonable distance. His body seemed to sag heavily. The fresh wounds he bore, mainly along his head and down his legs and stomach, seemed not the only thing wearing him down.
"Is like lure with hook," he murmured. The tone of his voice low in defeat. "Is give in to you. Many a time give in. When is you do wrong I go away but is lure again. Once do as told, is stay away like for asked. Then is you come back. Then is told come near others know is no safe. Still is no good for, yes? When is they turn, when is they do wrong, is you choice again against me."
He suddenly stood tall and slammed a hoof into the dirt his voice jumping in desperation. "Why against me?! Why choice all time not me?!" He shook his head violently though it may have seemed painful the way his heavy antlers wrenched at his neck. "Even know is be my wrong against family is has chose you many time!" He took a single step forward though did not move an inch more. "Is this time choose me! Choose me!"

Gustiro's ears laid tightly against his skull, they may have even appear to be trying to block out the unfavorable words she spoke. His throat constricted and strained as if having difficulty swallowing. The first word in response was forced, barely escaping his lungs.
"Why," his voice became more clear as he continued though hushed and pleading. "Why can't?" He shook his head again though this time not so harshly. "Is always other. Is why, yes? Then be two instead... why not two, yes? Just two..."
He realized what he was proposing. Something that went against his very nature. Against everything he was taught, everything he lived for. But he had never felt such a pain as this before. Of all the physical abuse he had put himself through. Of all the mental and emotional strains he had suffered in this life and lives passed. He never knew such a horrid sting such as this. One that was renewed and grew more intense every time he and Illrose tore apart from each other. Never had he felt such an unyielding longing which had dragged him back to her side. His words perhaps were merely out of desperation to sooth this pain.

There was a long pause before the red bull finally spoke again. Though the desperation seemed to have melted from his voice leaving but a level, droning tone. His eyes that were pleading along with him now faded to an empty, glassy stare.
"Then... is final decide?"
He paused again, a stretch of silence. When his voice returned to him once more his eyes again took a drastic turn. He looked at her with the same hard stare he fixed with his enemies, a look he had given her when she was still his original nemesis in the forest. Though somehow there was a subtle difference. A pain, a longing drowned in old resentments forced to the surface. If it must be then he would harden his heart to her. There was no other way, no other way to keep from drifting back to her. He would keep her and this pain away in the only way he knew how, with violence.
"If this is choice... then... stay away. Always, yes? Come near... even little... Will attack... Understand?"
This warning the last he would show that he wished not to harm her.

(Both work well. X3 )